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Comms

Global network centric warfare market to reach $57.68 billion by 2021 - News

July 28, 2016
VANCOUVER, Washington. Analysts at Markets and Markets are forecasting the global network centric warfare market to grow to $57.68 billion by 2021 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.52 percent during the forecast period.
Comms

U.K. aviation industry and Brexit - News

July 28, 2016
LONDON. A Frost and Sullivan analyst says United Kingdom's (U.K.'s) vote to leave the European Union will likely result in uncertainty in the aviation industry as well as a decline in traffic and revenue.
Radar/EW

Embedded rugged system offers three-in-one platform - Product

July 18, 2016
The EB7001 embedded computer from Systel is an extreme-duty system designed for military operations, oil-field services, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and other rugged industrial environments. The EB7001 is a rugged small-form-factor three-in-one platform (encoder, decoder, and...
Avionics

Software for users looking to achieve RTCA DO-178B certification - Product

July 18, 2016
The Presagis VAPS XT-178 is a safety-critical software package for creating embedded display graphics for avionics applications intended for RTCA DO-178B certification. It is a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) object-oriented DO-178B qualified HMI tool that retains the core features of the...
Comms

Spectrum monitoring for distributed networks in hostile environments - Product

July 18, 2016
The RFeye Node 20-6 from CRFS is a spectrum-monitoring system designed for remote deployment in distributed networks, both indoors and outdoors, including in hostile environments. The system is packaged in a compact, rugged, and weatherproof housing that has been optimized to meet size, w...
Comms

Radio design supports up to 4 Mbps - Product

July 18, 2016
FreeWave Technologies? ZumLink Family represents a class of wireless Internet of Things (IoT) communication solutions offering a radio design that supports a link rate of as fast as 4 Mbps, as well as the ability to support third-party applications. These capabilities provide custome...
Radar/EW

System for air-to-air and air-to-ground operations - Product

July 18, 2016
Weighing in at 5.2 pounds, the L-3 Communications Tactical Airborne Navigation (TACAN) device is a remotely controlled aviation-navigation system that can track as many as four ground stations simultaneously in range, and two in bearing, with a tracking velocity of as fast as 1,800 knots....
Radar/EW

All-in-one VPX-1 for compact system design - Product

July 18, 2016
iVeia?s VPX-1 is a compact plug-in module that aims to simplify overall VPX system design. The system comes with a new 64-bit ARM quad-core processor architecture, 16-nm high-density FPGA fabric, flexible high-speed backplane options ? such as PCIe Gen/ Gen4 and 10 GigE –...
Unmanned

Predator C Avenger gets FAA experimental certificate - News

July 11, 2016
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA?ASI), officials announced that its company-owned Predator C Avenger unmanned aircraft system (UAS) received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-issued Experimental Certificate (EC), enabling it to perform routine operations in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). The announcement was made this week at the Farnborough International Air Show.
Radar/EW

GaN technology a hot topic again at IMS - Story

June 30, 2016
Every month the McHale Report will host an online roundtable with experts from the defense electronics industry ? from major prime contractors to defense component suppliers. Each roundtable will explore topics important to the military embedded electronics market. This month we discuss trends in the military RF & microwave market and the buzz at the International Microwave?Symposium (IMS) held last month in San Francisco.
Comms

SDR tech drives military mobile computing market growth - News

June 30, 2016
ELMHURST, Illinois. Increased requirements for software defined radio (SDR) technology will contribute to the growth of the global military mobile computing systems market over the next five years, according to analysts at Technavio in Elmhurst, Illinois. They forecast the market to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 7 percent by 2020.
Radar/EW

Demand for RF technology for electronic warfare & radar systems increases - Story

June 30, 2016
Increased demand for electronic warfare (EW) systems and radar modernization means opportunities as well as increased pressure to innovate for RF & microwave suppliers. In this Q & A with Ian Dunn, Vice President and General Manager of the Embedded Products Group in Mercury Systems? Commercial Electronic Business unit, he discusses this market trend as well as his company?s acquisition of the RF & microwave business from Microsemi, where open architecture and COTS fit in EW systems, and enabling security in future sensor networks.
Avionics

X-57 designation given to NASA electric research plane - News

June 30, 2016
WASHINGTON. NASA officials announced a new X-designated test aircraft, the X-57, which will be nicknamed "Maxwell." The X-57 is an electric research plane with 14 electric motors turning propellers with all of them integrated into a uniquely-designed wing. NASA officials will test new propulsion technology with this aircraft.
Radar/EW

Global military laser market to grow nearly 10 percent by 2020 - News

June 30, 2016
ELMHURST, Illinois. The global military laser systems market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 8 percent by 2020 due to rising demand and evolving warfare strategies worldwide, say analysts at Technavio in Elmhurst, Illinois.
Comms

FLIR Systems buys Armasight, a military optics supplier - News

June 29, 2016
WILSONVILLE, Oregon. FLIR Systems, Inc. officials announced that the company acquired Armasight, Inc., a leading developer of precision military, hunting, and sporting optics products, for about $41 million in cash. Armasight, based in San Francisco, produces night vision, thermal, and daylight imaging products for military customers as well as hunters, outdoor enthusiasts, and law enforcement users.
Radar/EW

Webcast on solving thermal management problems in military systems: June 21 @ 2pm Est - News

June 15, 2016
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Arizona. Embedded computing experts are gathering next week for a webcast titled "Beating Back the Heat: Solving Thermal Management Challenges in Military Electronics." The speakers will cover the thermal management challenges created by commercial processors in military applications such as radar, electronic warfare, sonar, etc., and how to solve them. The webcast, hosted by Military Embedded Systems online and OpenSystems Media, will be held on June 21 at 2 pm Est.
Radar/EW

Test and simulation for single- and dual-stream data buses - Product

June 09, 2016
An Ethernet-based MIL-STD-1553 test and simulation product from AIM, the ANET1553-x, can be controlled over an Ethernet LAN for analyzing, simulating, monitoring, and protocol testing of single- or dual-stream MIL-STD-1553 A/B data buses. The onboard application support processor (ASP) is...
Radar/EW

Rugged computer customizable to extreme requirements - Product

June 09, 2016
A waterproof rugged computer with military-grade connectors, the Germane XtremeBox GSC-1100D has a sealed aluminum housing with MIL-38999 connectors, all of which are designed to operate submerged in one meter of water. Engineers designed the GSC-1100D without a fan so that the box is soli...
Radar/EW

Solid-state drive carries encryption certification - Product

June 09, 2016
Soligen Corp.?s Crypto Secure 2.5 SATA encrypted solid-state drive (SSD) offers secure data storage for a range of applications that aim to prevent data from getting into the wrong hands. Crypto Secure, which carries the federal information processing standard FIPS 140-2 encryption c...
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